Prime Theory

2009-03-24

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:57:39 +0100

Finally I have some time for open source work. Expect updates to most of my projects in the coming weeks. (2008-03-22)

2008-12-27

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:50:20 +0100

I wonder who will read this… (2008-12-26)

2008-06-12

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:16:57 +0200

A few days ago I gave a presentation at this year’s RubyEnRails. I wasn’t in my best shape, but I hope people enjoyed it nonetheless. I had a lot of fun at the conference and look forward to the next one! (2008-06-12)

2008-05-17

Sat, 17 May 2008 12:24:50 +0200

On a somewhat related note, the Dutch government has decided to switch back to voting with pencil and paper due to security concerns with electronic voting.

If you use Debian, or a derivative such as Ubuntu, you should read the key rollover documentation related to advisory DSA-1571. Or be compromised, if that’s your thing. (2008-05-16)

<evn> Server returned status 420: Duuuuude

2008-05-14

Wed, 14 May 2008 23:41:54 +0200

Oh, right, Cristi released braid 0.4 a few weeks ago. Be sure to check the the usage and examples page on the wiki. (2008-05-14)

… the real threat is crap music. ― Jah Wobble

Cuzillion looks like a really useful tool for reducing page load times. (via Fingertips)

I gave a very brief demonstration of braid at last night’s Amsterdam.rb. A new release should be out soon, for now you can use Cristi’s branch. (2008-04-29)

2008-04-29

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:28:24 +0200

It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play. ― Dizzy Gillespie

Here’s are some visualisations of rap in charts and graphs, in case you hadn’t seen them before. I especially like the Souls of Mischief integral.

KDE and GNOME will co-host their next flagship conferences. How cool is that?

2008-04-18

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:35:49 +0200

So much for the liberal media, indeed.

Seen in a torch protest sign: “Would we have allowed Nazi Germany to host the Olympics?” Ummm…

Okay, so Rails is moving from Subversion to GitHub, and from Trac to Lighthouse. I think GitHub already proved it’s worth before the official launch, though Lighthouse has yet to impress me.

You take out what you want and leave what you don’t like. You know. Like food. ― Miles Davis on popular music

2008-03-27

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:26:57 +0100

The next Amsterdam.rb meeting is this monday. (2008-03-27)

An interview with the owner of donotreply.com. “It’s really kind of weird…”

2008-03-21

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:15:42 +0100

Wow, I just found out Bill Cosby made some pretty good music. Case in point, Martin’s Funeral.

Programming in Factor is really fun once you get the hang of it.

My lazy_sweeper and has_uuid Rails plugins just found their way to GitHub.

Size matters to our customers, and we are providing them the option to purchase four more inches… (via Projectionist)

Your company’s app…

2008-03-16

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:02:15 +0100

In Ruby land “fuck you” was known as “Tuesday”. ― Zed Shaw

garfield minus garfield is exactly what it sounds like.

I wonder why I never really listened to P-Funk before.

Hosting Git repositories, The Easy Way.